Janna Taylor

Yes America, here are some of the major pieces of legislation that have been put forward in 2015 by the Tea Party Republicans who are now in control of the Montana legislature. This is not a joke. These are real bills, and they are currently taking…

The internet exploded in ridicule (again) yesterday after a Montana lawmaker told the press that he believes it should be illegal to wear yoga pants, tight pants and speedos in public. TEA Party Rep. David “Doc” Moore (R-Missoula), who is not a doctor, has introduced a bill…

As of the time of this posting, with vote counts still coming in, it looks like the make-up of the Montana senate may be 21 Democratic senators to 29 Republicans in the next legislative session. Democrats and Republicans appear to have won an equal…

Republican candidates across the county have tried to distance themselves from Rep. Todd Akin, R-Mo., who believes that rape victims should be forced to give birth and said that victims of “legitimate rape” rarely get pregnant because “the female body has ways to try to shut that…

Three Montana legislative races are garnering national attention. National Democrats announced today that legislative contests in Great Falls, Bozeman, and Lake County are among the sixty races that are key battlegrounds for state legislatures across the United States. The spotlight is on these key races: Franke…

Polson software entrepreneur Nancy Lindsey announced her run for State Senate District 6 this week after the previous candidate withdrew from the race. The District is an open seat previously held by Republican Sen. Carmine Mowbray. Mowbray was defeated in the GOP primary by…

For those who believe that last year’s TEA Party Republican Legislature has inflicted enough trauma on Montana, consider that what happened in this week’s primary election spells a looming disaster for the next session. Out-of-state corporate groups worked in the primaries to push the already…

Congratulations are in order to Kim Gillan and Pam Bucy who have won their respective primaries for Congress and Attorney General. But that’s not the only good news. Republicans have nominated Brad Johnson for Secretary of State. Johnson has battled alcoholism for many years, has had…

Taylor on the Ropes A Flathead area property owner is taking on Republican Rep. Janna Taylor for paying less than 20 bucks in property tax for lakeshore property and raking in over a million dollars in federal farm subsidies. In fact, the TEA Partier is…

Anti-intelligence candidate Jon Arnold has filed for office on the Republican ticket. He says he wants voters to send him “kicking and screaming” to Helena. I will go kicking and screaming into Helena, pushing our leaders to try to take back our powers that have…

Janna Taylor, one of Montana’s loudest and proudest Tea Partiers, and also the Montana House whip, has collected $1,000,000 over the last 10 years in federal cash farm subsidies, according to newly released figures. State senator Bruce Tutvedt, another proud ultra-conservative who runs around Montana…

The fact that Chuck Baldwin was tapped to be the keynote speaker for a Flathead “Pro-life” event in Kalispell this January is one more piece of evidence of connections between Montana’s white nationalists and the Flathead area’s anti-choice crusaders. Chuck Baldwin is the new-to-the-Flathead preacher…

Hey Alabama, Mississipi, and Utah! See if you can beat this. Rep. Janna Taylor (R-Flathead, Lake County) testified against abolishing the death penalty this week. As the Helena IR reports, Senate Bill 185, sponsored by Democratic state Sen. David Wanzenried of Missoula, drew emotional testimony…

Whatever happened before last Friday’s surprising defeat of the popular vote-by-mail bill in the Montana House of Representatives stinks to high heaven, and a lot of people in Helena are wondering when the press is going to start getting to the bottom of it. House…